Thailand.- La Loubère (Simon de) Du royaume de
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Thailand.- La Loubère (Simon de) Du royaume de Siam, 2 vol., titles with woodcut printers device, 2 folding engraved maps, 38 plates and plans (2 with explanation f. opposite), some folding, occasional spotting and light staining, later endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, spines in compartments and with later gilt and leather labels, vol.1 some worming to upper cover, spines repaired (?rebacked), spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Cordier Indosinica 722], 12mo, Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1691.
⁂ La Loubère travelled to Siam with the French East India Company representative Claude Ceberet du Boullay, both as an 'envoy extraordinary', and accompanied by the Jesuit mathematician Guy Tachard. The work includes arts, customs, domestic life, a survey of Siam's rulers and its military and judicial systems, botany, linguistics, astronomy and mathematics. Frequent comparisons are made with China.
⁂ La Loubère travelled to Siam with the French East India Company representative Claude Ceberet du Boullay, both as an 'envoy extraordinary', and accompanied by the Jesuit mathematician Guy Tachard. The work includes arts, customs, domestic life, a survey of Siam's rulers and its military and judicial systems, botany, linguistics, astronomy and mathematics. Frequent comparisons are made with China.
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Thailand.- La Loubère (Simon de) Du royaume de
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